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A participant from New Zealand flies a large heart shaped kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, Jan. 7, 2012. Kite-flyers from different countries are participating in the day-long festival.

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A participant from New Zealand flies a large heart shaped kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, Jan. 7, 2012. Kite-flyers from different countries are participating in the day-long festival.

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A young Siberian tiger swims in its outdoor enclosure, Jan. 7, 2013 at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany.

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Participants dressed as 'Befana' row on the Gran Canal during the traditional Epiphany Boat Race, Jan. 6, 2013 in Venice, Italy. In Italy, Epiphany is celebrated on Jan. 6, on the canals when mascareta boats are piloted in tribute to 'Befana', a witch who delivers gifts and sweets to children.

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A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat bread in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 6, 2013. The revolution against Syrian President Bashar Assad that began in March 2011, started with peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people, according to a recent United Nations estimate.

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People hold placards reading "No cuts" as they take part in a demonstration organized by Spanish health workers to denounce budget cuts and privatizations in health services, in Madrid, Jan. 7, 2013.

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A giraffe looks at visitors in its outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany, Jan. 7, 2013. The giraffe is six meter tall.

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A Lebanese boy, rides his bicycle as he makes his way through a flooded highway, in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 7, 2013. Lebanon has been hit with a snow storm that has blocked roads in the mountains and brought heavy rain showers to the capital Beirut and other coastal areas since Jan. 6th.

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An Indian laborer washes himself at an outdoor tap on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India, Jan. 7, 2013. North India continues to face below average weather with dense fog affecting flights and trains. More than 100 people have died due to exposure, as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.

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Swimmers race as Lukas Kokinis from Greece retrieves a wooden cross which was thrown into the waters by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I during a ceremony to bless the water at the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 6, 2013.

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An artist performs over the crowd during the 'Cabalgata de Reyes,' or the Three Wise Men parade in Madrid, Jan. 5, 2013. The traditional parade marks the eve of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the story of the three wise men believed to have followed a bright star to offer gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem.